landing

Plural: landings

Noun

• A place where people or cargo can disembark or embark.
• an intermediate platform in a staircase
• structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods
• the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface)
  • "the plane made a smooth landing"
  • "his landing on his feet was catlike"
• the act of coming to land after a voyage
• An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
• A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.
• A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
• The amount of fish caught, as in a specific area or on a particular expedition.

Verb

• reach or come to rest
• cause to come to the ground
• bring into a different state
• bring ashore
• deliver (a blow)
• arrive on shore
• shoot at and force to come down
• present participle and gerund of land

Examples

• The landing of his ’ZAP’ word cleared a path to the bonus square.

Synonyms

bring, bring down, down, land, landing place, put down, set ashore, set down, shoot down, shore

Antonyms

takeoff